The Aradidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina
Author
Contreras, Eugenia Fernanda
Author
Coscarón, María Del Carmen
text
Zootaxa
2012
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.215294
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1175-5326
215294
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Genus
Mezira
Amyot and Serville, 1843
Figs 1
E, 5D, 6A–E, 7A–D, 8A–D
Mezira
Amyot and Serville, 1843
. His. Nat., Hém., pp. 12, 305. Type-species:
Mezira granulata
Amyot and Serville
, preoccupied, next available name is
Brachyrhynchus abdominalis
Stål
, monobasic.
Arictus
Stål, 1865
. Hem. Africana, 3: 31.
Dusius
Bergroth, 1894
. Entomol. Tidsk., 15: 104.
Diagnosis: Body elongate oval, surface granular and typically without conspicuous hairs; clypeus prominent, with genae well developed, at either side and exceeding apex of clypeus to form a slight cleft or notch in front, the genae usually rounded at sides of apex; antenniferous tubercles relatively short but spine-like, rostrum arising well behind apex of head, rostral groove distinct, narrow and parallel-sided and terminating at constricted neck region; pronotum slightly shorter than head, lateral margins sinuate; hemelytra complete, membrane with distinct irregular veins; spiracles typically all ventral except those of eighth segment lobes and all well set apart from lateral margins